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How Finland is preparing its citizens for a world swamped by fake news (www.dandc.eu)
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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I frequently wonder how many American / Canadian differences can be chalked up to this single PSA that ran during the 90s:

https://youtu.be/NBfi8OEz0rA

[–] lance20000@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

Knew it was the house hippo before clicking the link.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

one of the comments:

Canada makes the best PSAs

The workplace safety PSAs are amazing, and brutal as fuck.

I'm going to get married, but there won't be a wedding, because someone done fucked up, and I should look where I'm going when I carry this hot as fuck oIIIII *slip*, *BANG* AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I forgot about this commercial!! Wow

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 month ago

what differences. Most provinces are acting like states now. Also, house hippos are real, unlike birds.